Annual Cancer Biology Research Retreat
Overview
About the Retreat
A Cancer Biology Research Retreat is held annually at the UMSOM. These retreats offer postdoctoral and clinical research fellows, graduate students, young investigators, and faculty involved in cancer research an outstanding opportunity to learn about the science going on at our campus, and to meet and get to know each other, the faculty, and other researchers in a relaxed setting.
These goals are accomplished through oral presentations by distinguished guest speakers, fellows, and students, and poster presentations. Trainee posters and platform talks are judged by faculty for cash awards.
14th Annual Cancer Biology Retreat
The 14th Annual Cancer Biology Research Retreat was held on June 7, 2024 on the UMB campus in Leadership Hall and the surrounding MSTF Atrium.
The retreat was planned and organized by the Cancer Biology T32 trainees with the assistance of Dr. Tierra Johnson, Dr. Toni Antalis and Ms. Morgan Rogers. The program included poster presentations by postdoctoral basic researchers and clinical fellows, and graduate students.
The Cancer Biology Research Retreat was a great success with approximately 200 registrants (21% graduate students, 20% postdoctoral fellows, 25% faculty and research associates, 24% summer interns, and 10% research technicians and staff).
Keynote Speakers
Sadhana Jackson, MD
Adjunct Investigator, Pediatric Oncology Branch
Investigator, Surgical Neurology Branch, NINDS
NIH Distinguished Scholar
For more information regarding our keynote speakers, please click the Keynote Speakers tab above.
Poster & Presentation Winners
Outstanding Poster & Oral Presentation Winners
Poster Presentation Winners:
1st Julia Rutherford
2nd Darin Gilchrist
3rd Changyou Shi
Oral Presentation Winners:
1st Emmanuel Asiedu
2nd Ye Jun Kim
3rd Erik Nordquist
Prizes:
$200 for the first place oral and poster winners, as well as $100 for the second and third place winners in both categories.
Organizing Committee
Cancer Biology Research Retreat Organizing Committee
- Emmanuel Asiedu
- Elizabeth Hill
- Christina Kratzmeier
- Christopher Krauss, PhD
- Jake (Yuchen) Liu, MD
- James Shamul, PhD
- Pavlos Anastasiadis, PhD
- Toni Antalis, PhD, Faculty Advisor
- Tierra Johnson, Academic Program Specialist, CRTEC, UMGCCC
- Morgan Rogers, Events Coordinator, Grant and Contracts, UMGCCC
Sponsors
Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Sadhana Jackson, MD
Sadhana Jackson, M.D., received her B.S. in Molecular Biology from Hampton University, her M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA and her residency in Pediatrics at Orlando Health. In 2015, she began an independent faculty position as an Assistant Clinical Investigator in the Neuro-Oncology branch at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In 2019, she joined the Surgical Neurology Branch at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, where she serves as a tenure-track investigator with an adjunct appointment with the Pediatrics Oncology Branch at the NCI.
Dr. Jackson is a recipient of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Marie Brodie-Henderson Call to Service Award, the NIH Office of the Director Award, the NCI NIH Directors Award for Leading Diversity and the Presidential Early Career Awards for scientists and Engineers (PECASE) whose announcement was delayed due to COVID.
Dr. Sadhana Jackson utilizes her clinical expertise and research efforts to understand the intersection of the blood-brain barrier and malignant glioma. Her clinical practice focuses on drug delivery of systemic agents for pediatric malignant brain tumor patients. As a tenure-track Investigator in NINDS and NCI, Dr. Jackson ties her clinical practice to her research efforts focused on understanding the heterogeneous permeability of the blood-brain barrier amongst malignant gliomas.
One of the major obstacles to effectively treating central nervous system (CNS) tumors is the integrity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The journey as a clinician-scientist includes various barriers that result in stifling progress, inducing stagnation or encouraging advancement. This talk details various obstacles encountered along the way towards career success and what attributes are needed to achieve work, life harmony.